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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 446: An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, providing for medication offered to patient.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 446 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, providing for medication offered to patient. Primary sponsor: Ben Sanchez (Democratic). It lists 17 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 5, 2025): Referred to Health & Human Services.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 17 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ben SanchezPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Danilo BurgosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse197
Missy CerratoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse151
Joe CiresiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Kyle DonahueCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse113
Justin FlemingCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
Dan FrankelCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Bob FreemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse136
José GiralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse180
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Nancy GuenstCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse152
Jim HaddockCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse118
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Kristine HowardCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse167
Tarik KhanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse194
Chris PielliCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse156
Jeremy ShafferCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Arvind VenkatCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Health & Human Services
  2. Third consideration and final passage
  3. Re-reported as committed
  4. Re-committed to Appropriations
  5. Second consideration, with amendments
  6. Removed from table
  7. Laid on the table
  8. Re-reported as committed
  9. Re-committed to Rules
  10. First consideration
  11. Reported as amended
  12. Referred to Health

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source